Last week, our team participated in a very productive workshop which included inquiry-based learning, open mindedness, and development of a more contemplative disposition.

Additionally, the workshop included approaches to teaching the English language and reading and writing under the Jolly Phonics methodology.

This workshop aimed to understand, in a practical way, the guidelines and work objectives linked to the vision of the International Baccalaureate

The mini workshops that were developed about learning included the following attributes: being thinkers, inquirers, and informed, as well as approaches to teaching the English language and the Jolly Phonics literacy methodology.

This highlighted the solidarity and cooperation of the team because this year we are focused on completing work that is aligned and committed to the development of our students, in turn forming agents of change for a better world.

The linked attributes include being thinkers, open minded, inquirers and informed.

More than 2000 plants such as ivy, fuchsia, thoughts and daisies beautify the Andino School campus. This year, Landscape Gardener, Julio Villalba, has planted beautiful ferns that will warm our halls. He will also continue to care for our queuña trees, a native species of our area.

In addition, Julio has worked hard to ready the “Tierra de niños” school community garden for the new school year where students learn about our biodiversity and carry out environmental. New crops, including potatoes, corn and beans, are now growing here to serve as research materials in a variety of areas.

This year we have added a medicinal garden to our amphitheater area which will include chamomile, spearmint as well as other native mint varieties.

Our International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma coordinator, Bruno Vasquez, has been participating in an online training focused on education leadership with IB coordinators from around the world.

Over the course of a month, this training (which is conducted entirely in English) seeks to ensure that coordinators ensure the development of Extended Essays as well as the integration of core courses such as Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS) and Theory of Knowledge in all subjects.

This workshop is part of the constant training provided to the entire IB network internationally.

Throughout this week, 15 Primary Years Program (PYP) teachers are being trained in “Concept-based learning” through a workshop given by the International Baccalaureate Organization.

This workshop is being led by Janet Valdez, an IB Educators Network educator, from Lima who is deepening the understanding of concepts for each educational area in which inquiry drives academic development.

With this methodology, we empower our students to ask their own questions and develop their own solutions throughout their daily lives.

We are very happy to have signed a cooperation agreement with the Sol y Luna Association. This agreement will allow us to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program to the outstanding students of this school in Urubamba.

We are excited that our first Sol y Luna student, Nery Nohelia Olivera Yupanqui, will join the first year of the IB Diploma in March.

The Guidance and of Counseling Department (GCD), as part of its end of year activities shared a story Preschool students as a reward and exchange for their group piggy bank. The story presented by the GCD team was “Living Beings and Our Space”. We feel that it was a very enriching, educational and enjoyable experience.

This week was full of sports! The Early Years and Primary students participated in the Andino Sports Competition that included long jump, running races, handball, volleyball, basketball and soccer. Congratulations to everyone, we are a school with great athletes!

The Primary and Secondary students carried out the traditional Spelling Bee in which they put into practice the pronunciation and spelling of words in English. We congratulate all the participants for their level of English.